popular figure; person in demand; favorite; favourite
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
family; members of a family
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to increase; to add to; to augment
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
to have a talk; to tell a story
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
tattling; telling on (someone)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew